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1.What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 47 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re 48 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity. Perhaps the 49 to this ambivalence lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 50 ways of doing it.
The immigrant experience, too, has been one of in harmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 51 by imports-pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sit-ins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political 52 .
But strong opinions have not brought 53 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 54 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain.
The 55 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness.It’s no coincidence,then,that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束缚).It’s what we eat—and how we 56 it with friends.
2.It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (嫁妆). Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion, but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The dowry was the wife’s right
to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to with hold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, and more than just a right; the documents show that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife.
The wife shared in the management of her husband’s per sonal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria Vivas. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, “for the sake of peace.” Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the wife knew how to win herself, with the context of the family, a powerful economic position.
57.Originally, the purpose of a dowry is to_________.
[A]give a woman the right to receive all her husband’s property
[B]help a woman to enjoy a higher position in the family
[C]protect a woman against the risk of desertion
[D]both A and C
58.According to the passage, the legal status of the wife in marriage
was__________.
[A]higher than that of a single woman
[B]higher than that of her husband
[C]lower than that of her husband
[D]the same as that of her husband
59. Why does the author give us the example of Maria Vivas?
[A]To show that the wife shared in the management of her husband s personal property.
[B]To show that the wife can defend her own inheritance.
[C]To prove that women have powerful position.
[D]To illustrate how women win her property.
60.The compensation Maria Vivas got for the field is____________.
[A]some of the land Miro had inherited
[B]a tenth of Miro’s land
[C]money for household expenses
[D]money form Miro’s inheritance
61. The author’s attitude towards Maria Vivas is_____________.
[A]sympathetic[B]disapproval [C]indifferent [D]objective
3.According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.
Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.
Research suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the collective well-beings of a social group’s members. Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them.
Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group members. They give others and may discipline group members who inhibit attainment of the groups goals. Expressive leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer sympathy
when someone experiences difficulties and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. As the difference in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members; instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a more distant respect.
62. What does the passage mainly discuss?
[A]The problems faced by leaders.
[B]How leadership differs in small and large groups.
[C]How social groups determine who will lead them.
[D]The role of leaders in social groups.
63.The passage mentions all of the following ways by which people can become leaders EXCEPT_____________.
[A]recruitment
[B]formal election process
[C]specific leadership training
[D]traditional cultural patterns
64. Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferred from Paragraph 2?
[A]A person who is an effective leader of a particular group may not be an effective leader in another group.
[B]Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person.
[C]A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership.
[D]Most people desire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications.
65. In mentioning “natural leaders” in Line 7, the author is making the point that____________.
[A]few people qualify as “natural leaders”
[B]there is no proof that “natural leaders” exist
[C]“natural leaders” are eas ily accepted by the members of a group
[D]“natural leaders” share a similar set of character istics
66. The passage indicates that instrumental leaders generally focus
on___________.
[A]ensuring harmonious relationships
[B]sharing responsibility with group members
[C]identifying new leaders
[D]achieving a goal
4.If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or 67 in your work would depend, to 68 great extent, 69 your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to t he best advantage. 70 the utmost importance is your attitude. A person 71 begins a job convinced that he isn’t going to like it or is 72 that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success. On the other hand, a person who is secure 73 his belief that he is probably as capable 74 doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 75 it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well. 76 the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A book keeper who can’t add or a carpenter who can’t cut a straight line with a saw 77 hopeless cases. This book has been designed to help you capitalize 78 the strength and overcome the 79 that you bring to the job of learning. But for your development, you must first 80 stock of where you stand now. 81 we get further along in the book, we’ll be 82 in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 83 skills. However, 84 begin with, you should pause 85 examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your 86 , your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.
67. [A]improvement[B]victory[C]failure[D]achievement
68. [A]a [B]the[C]some[D]certain
69. [A]in[B]on[C]of[D]to
70. [A]Out of[B]Of[C]To[D]Into
71.[A]who[B]what[C]how[D]which
72.[A]ensure[B]certain[C]sure[D]surely
73.[A]onto[B]on[C]off[D]in
74.[A]to[B]at[C]of[D]for
75.[A]near[B]on[C]by[D]at
76. [A]Have[B]Had[C]Having[D]Had been
77.[A]being[B]been[C]are[D]is
78. [A]except[B]but[C]for[D]on
79.[A]idea[B]weakness[C]strength[D]advantage
80.[A]make[B]take[C]do[D]give
81. [A]As[B]Till[C]Over[D]Out
82.[A]deal[B]dealt[C]be dealt[D]dealing
83.[A]learnt [B]learned[C]learning[D]learn
84.[A]around [B]to[C]from[D]beside
85. [A]to [B]onto[C]into[D]with
86.[A]intelligence [B]work[C]attitude[D]weakness
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87. I should say Henry is______________(与其说是个作家不如说是) as a reporter.
88.In the Chinese household, grandparents and other
relatives______________(起着不可缺少的作用) in raising children.
89. Mr. Johnson made full preparation for the
experiment____________________(以便实验能顺利进行).
90. Prices are going up rapidly. Petrol now
__________________________(价格是几年前的两倍).
91. How close parents are to their children __________________(有很强的影响) the character of the children.
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It may well be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone you will
Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years. It looks
researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower
feed the seed and help the flower grow.
it only grows when the phone is thrown away.
"We've only put sunflower seeds into the covers so far. But we are working with
next time," said one scientist.
[A] Recently [B] consumers[C] chemicals[D] environment[E] combine[F] transparent [G] buy[H] companion [I] experts[J] forms[K] bury[L] paper [M] paper[N] plastic[O] Usually
2.It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the basis for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.
Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It not only includes "remembering" things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed (嗅出)something suspicious in the grain pile.
Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 "words"—string of alphabetic or numerical characters—ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that
the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.
The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person's memory is in terms of words and combinations of words. But while language greatly expands the number and the king of things a person can remember, it also requires a huge memory capacity. It may well be this capacity that distinguishes humans, setting them apart from other animals.
57. Which of the following is TRUE about memory?
[A] It helps us perceive things happening around us every day.
[B] It is based on the decisions we made in the past.
[C] It is rooted in our past habits and skills.
[D] It connects our past experiences with the present.
58. According to the passage, memory is helpful in one's life in the following aspects EXCEPT that ________.
[A] it involves a change in one's behavior
[B] it keeps information for later use
[C] it warns people not to do things repeatedly
[D] it enables one to remember events that happened in the past
59. What is the author's view about computers and human beings in terms of intelligence?
[A] Computers have better memory than a child does.
[B] Computers are as intelligent as a teenager is.
[C] Computers can understand as many as 100,000 words.
[D] Human beings are far superior to computers.
60. What is the major characteristic of man's memory capacity according to the author?
[A] It can be expanded by language. [C] It may keep all the information in the past.
[B] It can remember all the combined words. [D] It may change what has been stored in it.
61. Human beings make themselves different from other animals by _______.
[A] having the ability to perceive danger
[B] having a far greater memory capacity
[C] having the ability to recognize faces and places on sight
[D] having the ability to draw on past experiences
3."Family" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family— hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life.
For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters.
Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl's parents, that is, it was the parents' duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents' home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in
their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry(嫁妆). It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results: a girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.
62. What does the author mean by "'Family' is of course an elastic word"?
[A] Different families have different ways of life.
[B] Different definitions could be given to the word.
[C] Different nations have different families.
[D] Different times produce different families.
63. For an English family, the husband's duty is ________.
[A] supporting the family while the wife is financial
[B] defending the family while the wife is running the home
[C] financial while the wife is running the home
[D] independent while the wife is dependent
64. Everything is decided in a family ________.
[A] by the couple [C] by brothers and sisters
[B] with the help of their parents [D] with the help of aunts and uncles
65. What is TRUE concerning the book Pride and Prejudice?
[A] It is the best book on marriage.
[B] It is a handbook of marriage.
[C] It gives quite some ideas of English social life in the past.
[D] It provides a lot of information of former time wealthy families.
66. With regard to marriage in Britain, present day girls differ from former time girls in ________.
[A] the right to marry [C] choosing husbands
[B] more parental support [D] social position
4.An adult giraffe's head is about six feet above its heart. This means that to 67 enough blood up to the brain the circulatory 68 must be strong enough to keep the blood at very high pressure.
Biologists have known for some time that giraffes solve this problem by having 69 high blood pressure, about 70 that of human beings. But an international team of biologists began to 71 about this. If giraffes have such high blood pressure, they should have a 72 problem with swelling in their legs and feet. Why don't giraffes have swollen feet?
Giraffes should have 73 problem, too. Every time they bend heads 74 to drink, the blood should 75 to their heads and have a hard time 76 back up (when the head is down) to the heart. How come giraffes don't black out when they drink?
The answer to the 77 feet problem, the researchers found, is that giraffes have 78 the researchers call a "natural anti-gravity suit". It 79 out that the skin and other 80 in their legs and feet are 81 stiffer and tougher than those of other 82 . As a result, the blood vessels in the leg cannot swell.
Therefore, the blood has nowhere to go but back to the heart. What about blood rushing to the head 83 the giraffe bends down to drink? The researchers found that the giraffe's jugular vein, which 84 blood from the head back to the heart, has lots of one-way valves in it. In the giraffe's neck, there are lots of muscles that flex and relax repeatedly as the animal moves its head and sucks 85 drinking water. By squeezing the valved jugular vein, they 86 blood moving back to the heart even while the animal is drinking.
67. [A] bring [B] produce [C] transfer [D] pump
68. [A] structure [B] system [C] function [D] organism
69. [A] unusually [B] generally [C] uncomfortably [D] commonly
70. [A] half [B] multiple [C] double [D] pair
71. [A] investigate [B] wonder [C] undertake [D] learn
72. [A] terrible [B] unreliable [C] unsolvable [D] advisable
73. [A] other [B] some [C] others [D] another
74. [A] up [B] down [C] toward [D] aside
75. [A] crush [B] brush [C] push [D] rush
76. [A] following [B] returning [C] plowing [D] pouring
77. [A] healthy [B] swollen [C] dreary [D] radical
78. [A] what [B] where [C] that [D] those
79. [A] reveals [B] indicates [C] figures [D] turns
80. [A] tissues [B] vessels [C] pores [D] organs
81. [A] many [B] very [C] much [D] less
82. [A] giraffes [B] animals [C] people [D] creatures
83. [A] whenever [B] whatever [C] however [D] wherever
84. [A] reflects [B] releases [C] receives [D] carries
85. [A] in [B] up [C] to [D] from
86. [A] permit [B] prevent [C] retain [D] keep
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87. Living in the desert has many problems, ________________________(缺水并不是惟一的问题).
88. The production ________________________ (增加到每月500吨)by the end of this month.
89. Some children put much emphasis ________________________(有足够的钱以便到外面去痛快享受).
90. Please ________________________(不要忘记让你姐姐到超市买一些牛排).
91. The students now ________________________ (宁愿上网，也不愿意到图书馆去看书).
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1.Money doesn't buy happiness, and now there's a study to prove it. Australian researchers found that people in well-off Sydney are among the most miserable in the country, while those in some of the 47 areas are much more satisfied with their lives. “Only a t very, very high levels does money actually have any impact to act as a buffer (起缓冲作用的物),”said Deakin University researcher Liz Eckerman. “Money doesn't actually buy happiness and that's what was shown very 48 for the nearly 23,000 people we've 49 so far,” she told ABC radio.
The findings, collated（比较）since 2001, 50 that while there are no extremes of well-being in Australia, the happiest areas had a lower population, more people aged 55 or over, more women, more married people and 51 income inequality. The survey 52 a person's satisfaction with their standard of living, health, relationships, life achievement, safety, community connection and future 53 ______. Robert Cummins, a professor of psychology at Deakin who compiled the survey's scorecard, put the 54 down to the higher cost of housing and high population 55 in cities. “People in these rural areas oft en have the advantage of 56 disposable income since the cost of living, particularly housing, tends to be reduced outside the cities,” he told The Australian newspaper.
Of the 150 national electorates (选区) surveyed, one of the nation's poorest, Wide Bay in
2.For years there have been endless articles stating that scientists are on the verge of achieving artificial intelligence, and that it is just around the corner. The truth is that it may be just around the corner, but they haven't yet found the right clock.
Artificial intelligence aims to build machines that can think. One immediate problem is to define thought, which is harder than you might think. The specialists in the field of artificial intelligence complain, with some justification, that anything that their machines do is dismissed as not being thought. For example, computers can now play very, very good chess. They can't beat the greatest players in the world, but they can beat just about anybody else. If a human being played chess at this level, he or she would certainly be considered smart. Why not a machine? The answer is that the machine doesn't do anything clever in playing chess. It uses its blinding speed to do a brute-force (残忍的) search of all possible moves for several moves ahead, evaluates the
outcomes and picks the best. Humans don't play chess that way. They see patterns, which computers don't.
This wooden approach to thought characterizes machine intelligence. Computers have no judgment, no flexibility, and no common sense. So-called expert systems, one of the hottest areas in artificial intelligence, aim to mimic the reasoning processes of human experts in a limited field, such as medical diagnosis or weather forecasting. There may be limited commercial applications for this sort of thing, but there is no way to make a machine think about anything under the sun, which a teenager can do. The hallmark (特征) of artificial intelligence to date is that if a problem is severely restricted, a machine can achieve limited success. But when the problem is expanded to a realistic one, computers fall flat on their display screens. For example, machines can understand a few words spoken individually by a speaker that they have been trained to hear. They cannot understand continuous speech using an unlimited vocabulary spoken by just any speaker.
57. From the passage we know that the author ______.
[A] thinks that scientists are about to achieve artificial intelligence
[B] doubts whether scientists can ever achieve artificial intelligence
[C] does not think that scientists have found real artificial intelligence
[D] is sure that scientists have achieved artific ial intelligence
58. We learn from the second paragraph that ______.
[A] the writer thinks that the specialists' complains have some reasons
[B] anything that the computer does can be regarded as thought
[C] it is not very difficult to define thought
[D] computers play chess in exactly the same way as humans
59. The advantage of the computer in playing chess lies in its ______.
[A] cleverness in thinking out original moves
[B] ability to pick up the best out of all possible moves very quickly
[C] flexibility in choosing several different moves
[D] ability to see patterns
60. The characteristic of machine intelligence is its ______.
[A] correct judgment
[B] high flexibility
[C] ability to think about anything
[D] rigid approach to thought
61. Which of the following statements about computers is true according to the passage?
[A] Computers can beat any chess player in the world.
[B] Computers can never be used to forecast weather.
[C] Computers can be trained to understand some words spoken by a speaker.
[D] Computers can be made to think as a teenager does.
3.Mobility of individual members and family groups tends to split up family relationships. Occasionally the movement of a family away from a situation which has been the source of conflict results in greater family organization, but on the whole, mobility is disorganizing.
Individuals and families are involved in three types of mobility-movement in space, movement up or down in social status, and the movement of ideas. These are termed respectively spatial (空间的), vertical, and ideational (概念的) mobility.
A great increase in spatial mobility has gone along with improvements in rail and water
transportation, the invention and use of the automobile, and the availability of airplane passenger service. Spatial mobility results in a decline in the importance of the traditional home with its emphasis on family continuity and stability. Even more important is the fact that spatial mobility permits some members of a family to come in contact with and possibly adopt attitudes, values, and ways of thinking different from those held by other family members. The presence of different attitudes, values, and ways of thinking within a family may, and often does, result in conflict and family disorganization. Potential disorganization is present in those families in which the husband, wife, and children are spatially separated over a long period, or are living together but see each other only briefly because of different work schedules.
One index of the increase in vertical mobility is the great increase in the proportion of sons, and to some extent daughters, who engage in occupations other than those of the parents. Another index of vertical mobility is the degree of intermarriage between social classes. This occurs almost exclusively between classes which are adjacent (邻近的) to each other. Engaging in a different occupation, or intermarriage, like spatial mobility, allows one to come in contact with ways of behavior different from those of the parental home, and tends to separate parents and their children.
The increase in ideational mobility is measured by the increase in publications, such as newspapers, magazines, and books, the increase in the percentage of the population owning radios, and the increase in television sets. All these tend to introduce new ideas into the home. When individual family members are exposed to and adopt the new ideas, the tendency is for conflict to arise and for those in conflict to become psychologically separated from each other.
62. What the passage tells us can be summarized by the statement that ______.
[A] potential disorganization is present in the American family
[B] family disorganization is more or less the result of mobility
[C] the movement of a family is one of the factors in raising its social status
[D] social development results in a decline in the importance of traditional families
63. According to the passage, those who live in a traditional family ______.
[A] can get more help from their family members if they are in trouble
[B] will have more freedom of action and thought if they move away from it
[C] are less likely to quarrel with others because of conventionality and stability
[D] have to depend on their relatives and friends if they do not move away from it
64. Potential disorganization exists in those families in which ______.
[A] both parents have to work full time
[B] the husband, wife, and children work too hard
[C] the family members are subject to social pressures
[D] the husband, wife, and children seldom get together
65. Intermarriage and different occupations play an important role in family disorganization because ______.
[A] they enable the children to travel around without their parents
[B] they allow one to find a good job and improve one's social status
[C] they permit one to come into contact with different ways of behavior and thinking
[D] they enable the children to better understand the ways of behavior of their parents
66. This passage suggests that a well-organized family is a family whose members ______.
[A] often help each other with true love and affection
[B] are not psychologically withdrawn from one another
[C] never quarrel with each other even when they disagree
[D] exposed to the same new ideas introduced by books, radios, and TV sets
The normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 78 hours. Sleep alternation with some 16-17 hours 67 and that the sleep normally coincides 68 the hours of darkness. Our present 69 is with how easily and to what extent this 70 can be modified.
The question is no mere academic one. The case with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a 71 of growing importance in industry where automation 72 for round-the-clock working of machines. It normally 73 from five days to one week for a person to adapt to a 74 routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. 75 , it is often the case in industry that 76 are changed every week. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine 77 he has to change to another, 78 that much of his time is spent 79 working nor sleeping very 80 .
One answer would seem to be 81 periods on each shift, a month, or even three months. 82 , recent research has shown that people on such systems will revert to go back to their 83 habits of sleep and wakefulness during the weekend and that this is quite enough to destroy any 84 to night work built up during the week. The only real solution appears to be to hand 85 the night shift to those permanent night workers whose 86 may persist through all weekends and holidays. 67. [A] weakness [B] fairness
[C] wakefulness [D] goodness
68. [A] in [B] with [C] of
[D] over
69. [A] care [B] attention [C] intention
[D] concern
70. [A] cycle [B] period [C] circle
[D] round
71. [A] problem [B] difficulty[C] trouble[D] matter
72. [A] asks [B] invites[C] calls[D] reacts
73. [A] takes [B] spends[C] demands[D] asks
74. [A] former [B] returned
[C] reversed [D] regular
75. [A] Therefore [B] Unfortunately
[C] Instead [D] Regretfully
76. [A] changes [B] variations
[C] shifts [D] alterations
77. [A] as [B] when [C] then
[D] than
78. [A] in [B] so [C] such
[D] except
79. [A] none [B] both [C] either
[D] neither
80. [A] efficiently [B] effectively
[C] anxiously [D] adequately
81. [A] shorter [B] better [C] longer
[D] nicer
82. [A] Moreover [B] Y et
[C] Still [D] However
83. [A] new [B] normal [C] temporary
[D] favorite
84. [A] adjustment [B] return
[C] adaptation [D] tendency
85. [A] over [B] out [C] on
[D] down
86. [A] pattern [B] sleep [C] preference
[D] habit
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.87. The teacher have decided that he ________________________ (将她最近的生病情况考虑在内) when marking
her exams.
88. An investigation was made into the accident, ________________________ (在这次事故中死了五十人).
89. If she had taken your advice, she ________________________ (就不会犯如此严重的错误了).
90. As the long holiday is approaching, ________________________ (没有什么比待在家里听音乐更愉快的了).
91. Sometimes children have trouble ________________________ (从小说里找到事实) and may believe that such things actually exist.
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intellect and authority.
Most uniforms are blue. In Greek and Roman mythology, blue is the color of sky
Blue symbolizes truth, peace and cooperation. It is the color of the flag of the United Nations and of Europe. As the coolest color of the spectrum, it is the
by calming the nervous system hence relaxing the body and mind. Blue creates large airy spaces. It makes rooms bigger.
The wrong shade of blue can be uncomfortable. It can also be cold and sterile(枯
Light and soft blue makes us feel quiet and protected from the bustle(喧闹)and 54 of the day. Blue bedrooms are restful. Blue bath rooms are appropriately watery.
living space.
3.Most shoplifters (商店扒手)agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief. With the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require any extraordinary talent to help you to take one or two little things and escape unnoticed. It is known, in the business, as "hoisting".
But the hoisting game is not what it used to be. Even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know if they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods.
As if that was not trouble enough for them, they can now be filmed at work and obliged to attend a showing of their performance in court.
Selfridges was the first big London store to install closed-circuit videotape equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court case for shoplifting using a evidence a videotape clearly showing a couple stealing dresses. It was an important test case which encouraged other stores to install similar equipment.
When the balls, called sputniks, first make an appearance in shops, it was widely believed that their only function was to frighten shoplifters. Their somewhat ridiculous appearances, the curious holes and red lights going on and off, certainly make the theory believable.
It did not take long, however, for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable respect. Soon after the equipment was in operation at Selfridges, store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman secretly putting bottles of perfume into her bag.
"As she turned to go," Chadwick recalled, "she suddenly looked up at the
'sputnik' and stopped. She could not possibly have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden, but she must have had a feeling that I was looking at her."
"For a moment she paused, but then she returned to counter and started putting everything back. When she had finished, she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store."
57. January is a good month for shoplifters because ________.
[A] they don't need to wait for staff to serve them
[B] they don't need any previous experience as thieves
[C] there are so many people in the store
[D] January sales offer wonderful opportunities for them
58. The sputniks hanging from the ceiling are intended ________.
[A] to watch the most desirable goods [C] to frighten shoplifters by their appearance
[B] to make films that can be used as evidence [D] to be used as evidence against shoplifters
59. The case last October was important because ________ .
[A] the store got the dresses back
[B] the equipment was able to frighten shoplifters
[C] other shops found out about the equipment
[D] the kind of evidence supplied was accepted by court
60. The woman stealing perfume ________.
[A] guessed what the sputniks were for [C] could see the camera filming her
[B] was frightened by its shape [D] knew that the detective had seen her
61. The woman's action before leaving the store shows that she ________.
[A] was sorry for what she had done
[B] was afraid she would be arrested
[C]decided she didn't want what she had picked up
[D] wanted to prove she had not intended to steal anything
4.The largest shark known to us, Megalodon, is extinct. Or is it? Carcharodon Megalodon, commonly known as Megalodon, is believed to have lived between 1 million and 5 million years ago and thought to have been 52 feet long. It is (or was) a shark that had a jaw 7 or more feet wide. Fairly recently, there has been some speculation about whether it is extinct or just out of reach. But few people believe that Megalodon has found a home deep in the ocean.
There are many known "Living Fossils": Coelacanth, Sea Cucumbers, Sea Urchins, Lobsters, Sea Stars. The common ones like lobsters and sea urchins are not really looked on as anything amazing. They've been around for thousands of years or more, and are easily accessible to us. What if they weren't accessible and yet still existed? We would label them extinct. The discovery of a live Coelacanth, a fish long believed extinct, challenged some scientists' long-held beliefs on extinction. There have been recent discoveries of incredibly large squid, and deep-sea fish never before seen by scientists.
In the 1960s the U.S. Navy set up underwater microphones around the world to track Soviet submarines. The network, known as the Sound Surveillance System, still lies deep below the ocean's surface in a layer of water known as the "deep sound channel". The temperature and pressure of the channel allow sound waves to travel undisturbed. NOAA's Acoustic Monitoring Project has been using the Sound Surveillance System to listen for changes in ocean structure like ocean currents or volcanic activity. Most of the sounds recorded are common and of no concern. One sound, identified in 1977 by U.S. Navy "spy" sensors, was odd. It was obviously a marine animal but the call was more powerful than any of the calls made by any other reported sea creature. It was too big for a whale. Could it be a deep-sea monster? One possibility was a giant squid, but no one is sure. It was named "Bloop". Could it be Megalodon? If Megalodon is still alive down in the bottom of the ocean, we may some day soon discover it. Then what? Deep sea diving will never be the same, that's for sure!
62. The following is commonly known EXCEPT ________.
[A] Megalodon, the largest shark, is extinct
大学英语四级单项选择题 Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. The machine looked like a large, ，old-fashioned typewriter. A) forceful B) clumsy C) intense D) tricky 2. Though she began her by singing in a local pop group,she is now a famous Hollywood movie star. A) employment B) career C) occupation D) profession 3. Within two weeks of arrival, all foreigners had to with the local police A) inquire B) consult C) register D) profession
大学英语四级模拟题四 Part One Reading Comprehension (2’×10 = 20’) Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had “black snow”from pollutants that have traveled through the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is really a global problem. Air pollution can kill babies, older people, and those who have respiratory（呼吸的）diseases. As found in cities, air pollution increases the risks of certain lung diseases. Air pollution can cause both airplane and car accidents because it cuts down visibility （能见度）. There are other possible health dangers from air pollution that we don’t know much about. For example, scientists are trying to find out whether chemicals that reach us from the air may cause changes in our cells. These changes might cause babies to be born with serious birth defects. Scientists are trying to learn how all the many chemicals are apt（易于的）to take into our bodies from air, water, food, and even medicines act together to affect our health and the way our bodies work. That is another reason why it is so important to begin to control pollution now instead of waiting until we learn all the answers. Air pollution costs us a lot of money. It corrodes（腐蚀）our buildings. It damages farm crops and forests. It has a destructive effect on our works of art. The cost of all this damage to our government is great. It would be much more worthwhile, both for us and for the government, to spend our tax dollars on air pollution control. 1. Air pollution may lead to airplane accidents because . A. it may cause pilots to be ill B. engines may fail from the air-borne dirt C. visibility is reduced D. it brings a lot of black snow 2. Scientists are trying to find a link between pollution and . A. intelligence levels B. birth problems C. man’s behavior D. the nervous system 3. Scientists have not yet determined . A. all of the effects of pollution on the human body B. how pollution can be controlled successfully C. when the atmosphere first became polluted D. how some snow becomes black 4. The author suggests that before air pollution becomes more serious, . A. factories will be forced to stop operating B. buildings should be protected C. the earth will begin to grow colder D. more money should be spent to solve the problem 5. We can conclude that . A. civilization may be ruined if pollution is not controlled B. pollution is more serious in Europe than it is in America C. most people do not know that pollution is a serious problem D. we should learn all the answers before we begin to control pollution Passage Two Stiletto heels could be banned from the workplace because of health and safety reasons, according to British Trade Union bosses. The Trade Union Congress, predominantly male, has proposed a motion arguing that high heels are disrespectful to women while they also contribute to long term injuries. They propose instead that women wear “sensible shoes”with an inch heel limit in an attempt to avoid future foot and back pain as well as injuries. The motion is due to be debated at next month’s conference. The motion states: “Congress believes high heels may look glamorous on the Hollywood catwalks but are completely in appropriate for the day-to-day working environment. Feet bear the burden of daily life, and for many workers prolonged standing, badly fitted footwear, and in particular high heels can be a hazard. Around two million days a year are lost through sickness as a result of lower limb disorders. Wearing high heels can cause long-term foot problems and also serious foot, knee and back pain and damaged joints. Many employers in the retail sector force women workers to wear high heels as part of their dress code. More must be done to raise awareness of this problem so that women workers and their feet are protected.” Nadline Dorries, the Tory Member of Parliament, however criticized the motion and said the extra height heels give women can help them when in the workplace. “I’m 5ft 3in and need every inch of my Christian Louboutin heels to look my male colleagues in the eye,”she said. “If high heels were banned in Westminster, no one would be able to find me. The Trade Union leaders need to get real, stop using obvious sexist tactics by discussing women’s
The US Department of Education is making efforts to ensure that all students have equal access to a quality education. 美国教育部一直在努力确保所有学生都享有接受素质教育的平等机会。 Today it is announcing the launch of the Excellent Educators for All Initiative. 今天，他们宣布实施为所有学生提供优秀教育工作者的方案。 The initiative will help states and school districts support great educators for the students who need them most. 这一方案将帮助各州和各学区给那些有最迫切需要的学生提供优秀的教育工作者。 “All children are entitled to a high-quality education regardless of their race, zip code or family income. “所有的孩子，不分种族、居住地及家庭贫富，都有接受优质教育的权利。 It is critically important that we provide teachers and principals the support they need to help students reach their full potential,” US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. (reach one’s full potential发挥某人全部潜能) 为了帮助学生发挥全部的潜能，为老师和校长提供他们所需要的支持是至关重要的，”美国教育部长阿恩?邓肯说道。 “Despite the excellent work and deep commitment of our nation’s
英语四级翻译练习题 1.I have had great deal of trouble______________________________.（跟得上班上的其他同学）2.I don't mind your_____________（你延期做出决定）the decision as long as it is not too late. 3.In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives_____________（起着不可缺少的作用）in raising children. 4.Mark often____________________________（试图逃脱罚款）whenever he breaks traffic regulations. 5.When I __________________（发现他骗我）I stopped buying thins there and started dealing with another shop. 6.I suggested he ____________________ （使自己适应）his new conditions. 7. What a lovely party! It's worth_________________（牢记一生）. 8. If you won't agree to our plan,_____________________（他们也不会同意）. 9. His remarks left me ____________________________（想知道他的真实目的）. 10. If you had_____________________ （听从了我的劝告，你就不会陷入麻烦） 11.Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not____________（失去联系）the outside world. 12.The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence,_____________（正在研制）and perfected now. 13.How close parents are to their children_________________ __（有很强的影响）the character of the children. 14.The room is in a terrible mess; it _____________________ （肯定没打扫过） . 15.With tears on her face, the lady _____________________ （看着他受伤的儿子被送进手术室） 16.（这个计划成功的关键）___________is good planning. 17.The specific use of leisure______（每一人都不同） 18.The ship ' s generator broke down and the pumps____________________（不得不用手工操作）instead of mechanically. 19.Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used______________（习惯了学生迟到）his lecture. 20.I prefer to communicate with my customers ______（通过写电子邮件而不是打电话） 21.After the terrorist attack, tourists ______ （被劝告暂时不要去该国旅游）
英语四级快速阅读技巧 英语四级快速阅读从20__年6月份首次出现到现在题型的难度一直在稳步递增其中也包含了题型的改变(自20__年12月份起将判断题改为选择题)。这既折射出了命题者对该部分题型命制的探索与不断创新也反映出了命题者在反复调整题型的难度系数想要给该部分寻找到一个合适的分量。这种尝试既有成功但也有欠考虑之处。考生普遍反映快速阅读难度过大个别题目超出了四级甚至是六级考试大纲的要求。下面将结合真题为各位考生揭开快速阅读解题的神秘面纱： 第一步：浏览Skim ( 0.5分钟 2分钟 ) 1.分析大标题(Brainstorm the Title)(5 10秒)目的：调动脑细胞主动预测文章内容。 官方样题Landfills 的分析思路：land + fill = 土地填埋加了s, 可能指多处填埋场地。在不认识这个单词的情况下(汉译：垃圾填筑地)能想到这一层就算漂亮。 20__年12月真题Si_ Secrets of High-Energy People的分析思路：secrets：多数人不知道一定新颖有趣;high-energy people 只能是指精力充沛的人不可能是_战警。文章要告诉我们那些人为什么精力充沛希望我们学习他们的秘诀。 20__年6月真题Highways的分析思路：为什么要修建公路怎么修建公路有哪些功能存在哪些问题一般说明文的写作结构都是
如此：计划成形功能问题。例如：联合国的起因联合国的成立联合国的运作联合国的问题。 2.分析小标题 (Tidy the Subtitles)(20 25秒) 目的：了解文章内容把握总体结构。 官方样题： Sub 1：How Much Trash Is Generated 一看该段字数少忽视Sub 2：How Is Trash Disposed of 关键字：处理 Sub 3：What Is a Landfill 引进主题字数增加进入重点。推理：landfill 肯定是上面提到的一种垃圾处理方法 Sub 4：Proposing the Landfill Landfill由新信息变成已知信息。关键字：Proposing 计划、建议 Sub 5：Building the Landfill 关键字：Building 修建 注意：前一段讲计划这一段讲修建联系紧密可以合并 Sub 6：What happens to Trash in a Landfill 关键字：What happens; 字数少忽视 Sub 7：How Is a Landfill Operated 关键字：Operated 如何运作。字数最多包含的答案点也最多。重点段。 然后总结文章结构帮助答题时定位：第两段引起话题中间三段讲建造最后两段讲操作。提醒：整理小标题的时候不要阅读文章。
大学英语四级专项训练——选词填空 （一） Americans are proud of their variety and individualty, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform. Why are uniforms so __1__ in the United States Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more __2__ than civilian（百姓的）clothes. People have become conditioned to __3__ superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to __4__ more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the __5__ of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What an easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to __6__ professional identity（身份）than to step out of uniform Uniforms also have many __7__ benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes. Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of __8__ experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without __9__, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act __10__, on the job at least. [A]skill [B]popular [C]get [D]change [E]similarly 、[F]professional [G]character [H]individuality [I] inspire [J] differently [K]expect [L]practical [M] recall [N] lose [O] ordinary （二） 、 Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their consequences, argue that rewards can __1__ performance at work and school. Cognitive( 认识派的) researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on __2__ and gifts from others. The latter view has gained many supporters, __3__ among educators. But the careful use of small __4__ rewards speaks creativity in grade school children, suggesting that properly presented inducements( 刺激) indeed __5__inventiveness, according to a study in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “If kids know they’re working f or a reward and can focus on a relatively __6__ task, they show the most creativity,” says Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. “But it’s easy to __7__ creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.
大学英语四级练习题单项选择题-5 1.His proposal is __A_____ to all of us and you do not need to tell us mor e about it. A.apparent B.appearing C.approaching D.apart 2.This mountain range has many high __A_____ and fertile valleys. A.peaks B.hills C.phases D.pink 3.He gave us a good __C_____ of his experience. A.demonstration B.frequency C.descripton D.instruction 4.You have your choice of three __A_____ of ice cream. A.varieties B.tops C.respects D.decks 5.This sick man was __D_____ in a blanket. A. input B.issued C.ensured D.wrapped 6.This is the military ___B_____. Nobody is allowed to get in without per mission. A.bond B.zone C.butter D.zoo 7.Rock music usually ___B____ the young people in most countries. A.applies to B.appeals to C.amazes D.actress
历年来英语四级考试格式 考试答题的顺序 1.作文分数106.5分 2.快速阅读71分 3.听力部分248.5分 4.是一篇篇章词汇理解和两篇传统的阅读理解，177.5分 5.是完形填空（极大可能考这个）71分 6.翻译，汉译英并且需译部分只是一般的短句翻译。35.5分 CET-4考试内容 一、试卷构成和成绩报道 就所测试的语言能力而言，试点阶段的四级考试由以下四个部分构成：1）听力理解；2）阅读理解；3）完型填空或改错；4）写作和翻译。 听力理解部分分值比例为35%；其中听力对话15%，听力短文20%。听力对话部分包括短对话和长对话的听力理解；听力短文部分包括选择题型的短文理解和复合式听写。 阅读理解部分分值比例为35%；其中仔细阅读部分（Reading in Depth）25%，快速阅读部分（Skimming and Scanning）10%。仔细阅读部分分为：a）选择题型的篇章阅读理解；b）篇章层次的词汇理解（Banked Cloze）或短句问答（Short Answer Questions）。快速阅读理解部分测试的是浏览阅读和查读能力。 完型填空或改错部分分值比例为10%。完型填空部分采用多项选择题型，改错部分的要求是辨认错误并改正。
写作和翻译部分分值比例为20%；其中写作部分（Writing）15%，翻译部分（Translation）5%。写作的体裁包括议论文、说明文、应用文等；翻译部分测试的是句子、短语或常用表达层次上的中译英能力。 具体比例搭配如下： 作文15%（有14分、12分、8分、6分、2分和0分四个档次，用时30分钟） 快速阅读10%(7个判断题每个1%，3个填空题也是1%，单词拼写错误不给分，用时15分钟) 听力35%（短对话8个，每个1%，长对话8个，每个1%，短文10个，每个1%，填词7个，每个0.5%，3个句子分别为2%，2%，2.5%。用时35分钟） 篇章阅读20%+词汇阅读5%（传统阅读10个，一个2%，选词阅读10%，一个0.5%。用时25分钟） 完型填空10%（20个小题，一题0.5%。用时15分钟） 翻译5%（一题1%。用时5分钟） 快速阅读的答题方式不一定 写作：30分钟， 107分（15%） 快速阅读 15分钟，70分（10%）
洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌 Model Test 1 Part One Listening Comprehension Section A Directions： In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said - Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A）, B）, C）and D）, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a line through the centre. Example： You will hear： You will read： A） At the office. B） In the waiting room. C） At the airport. D） In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A） At the office is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. 1. A） She is not interested in the article. B） She has given the man much trouble. C） She would like to have a copy of the article. D） She doesn't want to take the trouble to read the article. 2. A） He saw the big tower he visited on TV~ B） He has visited the TV tower twice. C） He has visited the TV tower once. D） He will visit the TV tower in June. 3. A） The woman has trouble getting along with the professor. B） The woman regrets having taken up much of the professor's time. C） The woman knows the professor has been busy. D） The woman knows the professor has run into trouble. 4. A） He doesn't enjoy business trips as much as he used to. B） He doesn't think he is capable of doing the job. C） He thinks the pay is too low to support his family, D） He wants to spend more time with his family. 5. A） The man thought the essay was easy. B） They both had a hard time writing the essay. C） The woman thought the essay was easy. D） Neither of them has finished the assignment yet. 6. A） In the park. B） Between two buildings C） In his apartment. D） Under a huge tree. 7. A） It's awfully dull. B） It's really exciting.
最牛英语口语培训模式：躺在家里练口语，全程外教一对一，三个月畅谈无阻！ 洛基英语，免费体验全部在线一对一课程：https://www.doczj.com/doc/792464480.html,/ielts/xd.html（报名网址）There are more than forty universities in Britain—nearly twice as many as in 1960.During the 1960s eight completely new ones were founded， and ten other new ones were created 1 converting old colleges of technologysintosuniversities. In the same period the 2 of students more than doubled，from 70 000 to 3 than 200，000.By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen 4 twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of women.All the universities are private institutions. Each has its 5 governing councils，6 some local businessmen and local politicians as 7 a few academics （大学教师）. The state began to give grants to them fifty years 8 ，and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its 9 from state grants.Students have to 10 fees and living costs，but every student may receive from the local authority of the place 11 he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs， including lodging and 12 unless his parents are 13 . Most 14 take jobs in the summer 15 about six weeks， but they do not normally do outside 16 during the academic year. The Department of Education takes 17 for the payment which cover the whole expenditure of the 18 ， but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence 19 new developments through its power to distribute funds， but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee，a body which is mainly 20 of academics. 1.A.with B.by C.at D.into 2.A.amount B.quantity C.lot D.number 3.A.more B.much C.less D.fewer 4.A.with B.to C.from D.beyond 5.A.self B.kind C.own D.personal 6.A.making B.consisting C.including D.taking 7.A.good B.long C.little D.well
大学英语四级考试快速阅读技巧 一.测试目的 快速阅读，顾名思义，它的目的在于测试考生单位时间当中的阅 读量，其实四级对速度的考查是近几年一直延续的一种结果。同时， 在解答题目方面，快速阅读并不强调一定要像精读文章那样通篇认真 研究，相反，快速阅读题目更强调测试考生在实践语言环境中查询有 效信息的能力，这也反映出四六级考试试图提升考生实际应用能力的 改革方向。 二.测试形式 快速阅读要求考生在15 分钟内完成一篇1100字左右的文章和后面的 10 道题。前面 7 个题是判断正误（包括NG），后 3 个是填空题填根据阅读的理解，填三到四个单词( 答案基本都是原文中出现的原 词)。快速阅读的文章一般分为小标题+题目和无小标题+题目两种类型。该题型需要通过略读和寻读法，乃至文章逻辑关系、标点符号等方面的综合运用，实现对随后的题目有效的判断和填写。 三.基本要求 1. 快速阅读的文章基本都是专业题材的文章，很多考生可能会觉得 很陌生，但是对于 CET-4 的快速阅读开始来说，只要求考生
对题目所提到的信息在原文中能够找到即可，只是有时需要简 单的同义词替换。 2. 略读（ Skimming）和寻读（ Scanning ）的能力在大学英语四级考试中显得尤为重要。 3. 快速阅读要求考生的阅读速度是每分钟 110-140 词。 四.快速阅读方法 1.推测（prediction） 阅读正文前，就标题（如果有标题的话）来合理推测资料的 大概内容，也可在读了一段之后预测下段内容。这对快速理解和 整体把握文章内容以及推测出生词的词义范围有积极的意义。 2.读关键词句（key words and topic sentences） 在对文章的整体内容有了基本认识的基础上，我们学会抓主 要的词句，找出段落中的主题句，从而正确领会文章的主要内容。3.略读(skimming) 略读又称跳读 (reading and skipping)或浏览(glancing)，是一种专门的，非常实用的快速阅读技能。 所谓略读，是指以尽可能快的速度阅读，如同从飞机上鸟瞰(bird ’s eye view ) 地面上的明显标志一样，迅速获取文章大意或中心思想。换句话说，略读是要求读者有选择地进行阅读，可跳过某些细节，以求抓住文章的大概，从而加快阅读速度。据统计，训练有素的略读者(skimmer) 的阅读速度可以达到每分钟 3000 到 4000 个词。
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesdayhe will discuss a proposed "humanitarian pause" inYemen during his talks in Saudi Arabia. A Saudi-ledinternational coalition has been fighting Houthi rebelsseeking to oust the Yemeni government. TheHouthis have taken control of parts of Yemen.Hundreds of civilians have died in the conflict. Secretary Kerry also announced $68 million in new U.S. aid to Yemen. The State Departmentsays the aid will support agencies providing food, water, shelter and other assistance to 16million people. Baltimore mayor seeks federal investigation of city's police department The U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland will ask the United States Justice Department toinvestigate the city's police department. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says the investigationwill look into police "patterns and practices." She says investigators will try to learn if Baltimorepolice violate federal laws about searches and seizures. Last month a 25-year-old black man died of a spinal cord injury he received in police detention.Freddie Gray's death led to peaceful protests and riots in the city. Officials look for links between Islamic State and Texas attack U.S. officials are trying to learn if there are any links between the Islamic State group and twogunmen who attacked a gathering in Garland, Texas Sunday. A security guard was injured.Police killed both gunmen. Investigators looked at a Twitter account linked to one of the men as well as electronic devicesused by both. On Wednesday, officials said a message was posted on the Twitter accountabout 20 minutes before the shooting. The tweet said: "May Allah accept us as mujahideen," orholy Muslim fighters. On Tuesday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. Police identified thegunmen in the Garland attack as Elton Simpson, 31, and Nadir Soofi, 34. Death sentences for four Afghans in Kabul attack A court in Afghanistan has sentenced four men to death and jailed eight more for the beatingdeath of a woman in March. A mob killed 27-year-old Farkhunda in March after accusing her of burning a Quran. Wednesdaymorning, her mother asked a courtroom in Kabul to get justice for her daughter. Farkhunda's violent death led to protests and demands for action. Thirty civilians and 19 policeofficers were arrested and charged with either taking part in the attack or failing to stop it.